Nearly three out of four American voters believe Congress should make passing a tax reform bill a top priority, according to a recent poll conducted by Morning Consult and released by the Financial Services Roundtable (FSR).
“The American people strongly support tax reform to boost economic growth and expand opportunity,” FSR CEO Tim Pawlenty said in a press release. “FSR looks forward to working with the Administration and Congress to move tax reform across the finish line.”
Seventy-three percent of respondents said that passing a tax reform bill should be a high-level priority for Congress and 87 percent believe that simplifying the U.S. tax system is very important. A majority of respondents (67 percent) indicated that they believe tax objectives, such as increasing access to loans and capital and encouraging public-private partnerships, should be a top priority. Fifty-nine percent indicated that they believe small businesses are paying too much in taxes.
The results also show support for tax policies intended to incentivize retirement savings accounts (80 percent) and taxing businesses in a way that would dissuade them from keeping profits overseas to avoid being taxed twice (78 percent).
As Congress considers measures to pay for a tax reform bill, three in four (74 percent) of respondents said tax reform should be done in a way so that industries are treated equally.
The Morning Consult conducted the poll through a national online survey of nearly 2,000 registered voters between Oct. 3 and 5, 2017.